Are your ankles and feet starting to look like balloons? Do you feel like an elephant after a long day of work or traveling? Fear not, for there are easy remedies that will help relieve swollen ankles and feet. In this article, we will give you tips that are as funny as it can get but effective in curing the bloating.
What Causes Swollen Ankles and Feet?
Before diving into remedies on how to cure swelling, let's first understand what causes it. Various factors lead to swelling with some being caused by lack of exercise or bad lifestyle habits. Let's check them out.
Sitting or Standing All Day Long
Do you spend most of your time seating behind a desk at work? If so, chances are high that this sedentary lifestyle is causing swollen feet due to reduced blood flow in the legs.
Hormonal Changes during Pregnancy
Pregnancy comes with many changes such as hormonal fluctuations which cause water retention in the body leading to ankle and foot bloating.
Bad Diet
Eat greens! As hilarious as Popeye’s obsession with spinach was, he had a point - you should eat healthier foods if you want red-green speckled toes free from inflammation problems. The consumption of diets high in salt leads to fluid accumulation causing unwanted puffiness around affected areas including ankles and feet.
10 Effective Remedies To Reduce The Symptoms Of Swelling
Let’s get down straight into the solutions street! Here sit our ten quicky hacks!
Cucumber Power
Cucumbers have strong anti-inflammatory properties known for reducing inflammation - they can soothe even those feelings irritated by opposite political opinions. Place thin slices on affected area(s) leaving them for up twenty minutes course corrects inching off bloat without any “ouch.”
Saltwater Foot Bath
Salt has healing properties that can help reduce swelling on the feet. Soak feet in salty water daily to stimulate circulation and relieve tension. Your toes will love it better than soaking them in a cup of your favorite joe!
Freezing Roller
Roll frozen bottles or cans that work as massagers under the foot for 5-15 minutes every two hours. This activity is particularly helpful during conditions such as arthritis/hip/joint pain, shin splints, plantar fasciitis.
Work The Feet: Exercise
Move those toes! Various yoga exercises like Pada Sanchalanasana are good at relieving ankle swellings brought about by long sitting periods/lack of workout sessions.
Tall Odds? Choose To Stand On Them Instead!
Keep those legs standing instead of spending most time lazing behind tables/chairs (Use Standing Desks) - this helps especially with office activities (fix file drawers/documents etc.)that make one feel sedentary all day without enough blood flow.
Compression Socks
Compression stockings give extra support to prevent fluid from building up while pressuring swollen tissue back into the center of one's body before leaving out routes thus reducing swelling much more quickly than just lying down and exclaiming limbo like an enthusiastic fan experiencing daft punk beats for the first time
Hydrating Power
Rehydrate by drinking plenty so your kidney functions properly removing any excess salt/water which tends piling around ankles and leads into weaker feet …because flat-footed individuals have no arch area supporting accumulated materials unlike regular shaped ones. Let's face it; if you're not chugging at least eight glasses worth, what’re you even doing!
Other Home-Based Remedies You Can Try Out
Below sit some tricks specialists prescribe – (which indeed work) - along with jokes we couldn’t resist adding.
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Apple Cider Vinegar – ugh its taste is enough to make anyone say eww, but a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water can help flush out excess fluids from feet. Never mind the parched taste on your tongue as long as the result is getting back those girly legs in pink shoes!
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Unpinning Swollen Feet Via Aloe Vera –Reputed for reducing swelling with its non-inflammatory properties plus goodness to restore fluid balance in soft tissues through amino acids helps go ahead even after being cheated on by heels.
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Epsom Salt Gives You The Best Of Life Every Day- Renowned for absorbing into skin cells quicky it draws toxins out of puffing ankles/feet leaving one feeling refreshed/ready for nights parties about wearing 4-inch heels.
When To Seek Medical Attention
After applying these fun tricks if you still experience swollen/inflamed areas accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pains or fever, they could be signs of infections/fluid buildup that require medical attention promptly.
It may seem grotesque when bloating occurs around different parts like monsters in horror movies roaring their voices off only not this time because there’s no need - just follow our tips and your fellow travelers will have starry eyes upon setting sight only concerned with why AirBnB rentals keep increasing anyway!